Virtual World Gets Another Life
Technology Offers Companies Private Workspace
By DON CLARK
April 3, 2008; Page B10
Call it virtual business 2.0.
But commercial interest in such simulations seems to be morphing, not diminishing. Rather than selling goods and services to users -- who typically take on animated shapes known as avatars -- companies are turning to virtual offices and landscapes as tools for employees and business partners to collaborate and learn.
"I can think of a few reasons to not use public infrastructure with no guarantee of security," says Christian Renaud, Cisco Systems Inc.'s chief architect for networked virtual environments.
Such issues are expected to be a major focus at the Virtual Worlds 2008 conference opening Thursday in New York.
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